Description
The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . She was assessed as , , . The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 42 cm (16 inches) and two cylinders of 90 cm (35 inches) diameter by 90 cm (35 inches) stroke. The engine was built by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Tegel, Germany. Rated at 1,200indicated horsepower, IHP, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at .History
''Hendrik Fisser VII'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as yard number 796 by T U K Smit, Kinderdijk, Netherlands for Fisser & Van Doornum, Emden, Nazi Germany, Germany. She was launched in July 1944 and completed by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Germany in November. Her port of registry was Emden. ''Hendrik Fisser VII'' participated in the evacuation of East Prussia, carrying troops of the 21st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 21st Infantry Division from Hel, Poland, Hela to Kiel. On 12 March 1945, she collided with the ''vorpostenboot'' German trawler V 315 Bris, V 315 ''Bris'' off Rixhöft. The ''vorpostenboot'' sank. In May 1945, ''Hendrik Fisser VII'' was seized as a prize (law), prize of war at Kiel. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport. She was renamed ''Empire Gallic''. The Code Letters GLLS and United Kingdom Official Number 180615 were allocated. (enter GLLS or Empire Gallic in relevant search box) Her port of registry was London and she was operated under the management of the Ellerman Lines, Ellerman's Wilson Lines Ltd, Kingston upon Hull, Hull. In 1946, ''Empire Gallic'' was allocated to the Soviet Union and was renamed ''Rjev'' (sometimes spelled ''Rzhev''). She was operated under the management of the Murmansk Shipping Company. Her port of registry was Murmansk. With their introduction in the 1960s, ''Rjev'' was allocated the IMO Number 5297335. She served until 1970, arriving at Hamburg on 13 July for scrapping by Eisen & Metall.References
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